Washing-machine.



W. F. HUNT.

WASHING MACHINE. x APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. |916.

Patented 0@1..23,1917

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W. 'F. HUNT. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, |915.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

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WASHING-MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

- Patented Oct. 213, 1917.

ppucation mea may 25, 1916. serial No. 99,728.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that L'WILLIAM F. HUNT, a' citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Brighton, borough of Richmond, city of New York, county of Richmond,.and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specication.

One object of the invention is to construct a simple, practical machine suitable for washing articles, such as dishes.

A further obiect of the invention is to construct a machinethat will occupy a comparatively small space and which will be easyto operate.

As showing a specific embodiment of the invention reference is made to the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which drawings,

Figure l is a front elevation of a washing machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the central portion of said machine and looking at the machine from the 'front Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view illus-v trating the detailed construction of a horizontally extending table and a portion of the arm that supports said table. p

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the machine looking at the machine toward the operative side. f v

OFig. 5 is a plan view partially in section and is a view taken as on the planeindicated bythe line 5+5 in Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of a bucket differing somewhat from the bucket shown in Figs. 4 and5.

The main frame of the machine is designated by l. A tub or lower casing member 2 is associated with this frame and is preferably carried thereby.' This tub or casing can be made of any suitable material so 4that it -will provide a reservoir for holding liquid, for instance, a fibrous material such as is employed in the 'manufacture of what are known as paper buckets. A tub or casingof such iibrous material also prevents the loss of heat, does not absorb much heat machine. In other words a paper tub is of a material which has allow specic heat and of fa material which does not readily l transmit heat. The tub or casing is. furthermore practically anv inclosing casing which prevents the dissipation of the heat.

A table carrier 3, in the form of a removable arm, extends inwardly from the frame, past a wall portion of the tub and over the lower portion of the tub, that is, over the liquid contained in the tub. A horizontally extending table 4 is revolubly mounted at 5 on the free end of said arm and this table revolves about the vertically extending axis of a. trunnion member 6. This table may be provided with any suitable openings, as 7, which may be coveredy the frame and is actuated as through the medium of a handle `314 and gears 15 and 16. bucket carrier there is supported a bucket 17, or a plurality of -buckets, which is detachably secured in place on said arm by means of three sets of thumb nuts and screws 18. Another arm of the bucket carrier is provided at the free end with a counf ter-weight, as 19, but manifestlyif desired a bucket could be employed in place of the At the freeend of an arm of the counter-weight 1,9.1 The bucket carrier i-'evolves in the directionl indicated by the arrow A of Fig. 4 and the bucket 17 passesv under the horizontally revolving table 4. In its transit under said table it dips into picks up some of said' liquid,'and elevates said liquid until the bucket assumes a osition in which the liquid begins to spill rom within the bucket; the arrangement of the bucket carrier relative'to the horizontally the axis of the bucket carrier extends overl the liquid .in the lower part of the tub 2,

from will also tend to travel more or less in the saine path or paths.. lin order that all parts of all of the articles'on the table will be subjected to the cleaning` or scouring action of the water delivered from the bucketor buckets should more than one bucket be employed-there is imparted at least a partial rotary movement to the table for each revolution of the bucket carrier, thus successively bringing dierent portions of the table under the water spilled or poured from Ithe buckets. This rotary movement of the table about its vertical axis is obtained through the medium ofv a gearing 21 between the table and the carrier. 'llhis gearing comprises a series or teeth 22 on the periphery of the table and a series of teeth 23 on a sector 24C that is on the bucket carrier 10. By prolonging thesector 2e and continuing the teeth thereupon so as to make a complete circle or gear it will be manifest that a continuous movement could be im.'-

parted to the table instead of astep by step or intermittent movement, as will necessarily result if only a short sector, such as 24C, is employed, rlhe tub 2, as previously indicated, serves as a reservoir or supply for the water to 'be used in the washing operation and the water can be drawn from thistub or reservoir by opening the valve 25.

The apparatus is also provided with a` .cover or upper casing member which together with the lower casing member or tub completely incloses the washing elements, that is, completely incloses the movable members which handle the water or which are subject to the action of the water.

' rllhe cover just referred to is designated by 26 and manifestly can. be readily removed from the machine.\ ln machines of this type it is also desirable to be able to lreadily remove such parts thereof as are subjected to the water and thereforethe cage 20, the table 4f and the arm 3 are all made so that they can bereadily removed from their supported position. For example, thecage can be readily lifted 0E the table 4:, the table t can be readily lifted from its place on the arm 3 and the arm 3 can be swung upwardly and removed from position by .merely limparting thereto a slight movement in the direction of the arrow- .B shown in Fig. 5 a sucient distance tocause the lug 27' to disengage the notched portion 28. When the ipe/inra cage 20, table 4c and arm 3 are removed from place the lower halt of the tub or casing can also be readily removed `by properly positioning the bucket carrier 10, it such removal is desired.

Y lin Figs. 6 and 7 there is shown a bucket which diders somewhat in detail from the bucket shown in Figs. 2, t and 5. To the bucket shown in Fig. 6 a screen S has been attached ahead of the entrance end of the bucket whereby only strained water will enter the bucket as it moves through the water. The screen, however, is preferably spaced from the bucket so that the water being spilled or delivered from the bucket `will not Wash particles od' the screen upon the articles being washed.

ln Fig. 7 instead of having three screws for holding the bucket in place on the carrier arm there is employed a pin and socket construction comprising a pin 30 which enters a socket 3l. ln this construction there is employed besides this pin and socket connection a single thumb nut and screws 32. lin other words, this bucket can be readily removed from place by merely loosening the nut on the "screw at `32 and slipping the pin or pins 30 respectively from the socket or sockets 31. By providing the rotary table with a screen, as 8, or the bucket with a screen, as 29, or by providing both the table and the bucket with screens, it will be i manifest that in eiect only strained water will be delivered to the articles supported upon the table.

rilhe improvements herein set forth are not limited to the precise construction and arrangement shown and described for they maybe embodied in various forms and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. y

What l claim is:

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L'An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination a main frame, a casing or tub, an arm extending inwardly from said frame over said tub, a table carried by said arm and revoluble about a ver-.

comprising in combination a tub vor casing iler holding a Washing liquid, .an arm carried by a frame and extending over said tub, a revoluble table mounted on said arm and revoluble about a vertically extending axis, a bucket and carrier therefor constructed so that the bucket can pass into the 13@ washing liquid in said tub, ,thence under the revoluble table, thence upwardly to a position where the water will be discharged from the bucket upon the articles 4'carried by said table.

3. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination a table revoluble around a vertically extending axis, a tub located below said table, a bucket movable from position below the table to a position above the table whereby it can pick up a washing liquid contained in said tub andl convey the liquid to a position where it will be discharged upon articles supported by the table, and means whereby as the bucket, makes a 4complete cycle the table will have at least a partial rotation imparted thereto.

4. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination a horizontally extending table which revolves about avertically extending axis, a main frame having a member supporting said table, a tub positioned below said table, a revoluble bucket carrier having an arm carrying at the free end thereof a bucket which can be moved from its lower position below the table, where the bucket can pick up a liquid from the tub, to its upper position above the table where the bucket can discharge water upon articles supported by the table, means for rotating said bucket carrier in the manner specified, and means between the bucket carrier and said rotating table whereby at least a partial rotation of the tablev will be effected for Veach revolution of the bucket carrier. y

5. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination a frame, a horizontally extendin table supported by said frame and revolu le about a vertically extending axis, a tub providing a reservoir for liquid below the table, a bucket, a carrier for moving said vbucket from position where l it can pick up liquid from said reservoir and pour the liquid upon the articles supported by said. table, which carrier revolves about a horizontally extending axis that intersects the vertically extending axis about which the table revolves, and means between the bucket carrier and said table whereby for each cycle of the bucket carrier there will be at least a partial rotary movement iniparted to the table. i?

6. An apparatus ofthe class described ,comprising in combination a frame, a table supported by the frame, a tub, a bucket and carrier therefor .which is revoluble about a horizontally extending axis, and arranged vso that the bucket can pick up liquid from the tub and convey it to a position where it will be poured or projected upon articles supported vby the table, and gear means between the bucket carrier 'and the table whereby for each revolutionV of the carrier there will be at least a partial 'revolution of the table, said gear means comprising a gear upon thel periphery of l'the table which meshes with a sector on the bucket carrier.

7. An apparatus of the 'class described comprising in combination a tub, a horizontally extending table located over the tub bottom and revoluble about a vertically ex-'l tending axis, a bucket and a carrier revol described comprising in combination a frame, a tub or casing' carried by said frame, a table supported by said frame over said tub, a bucket and carrier therefor positioned so that the bucket can move below the table and pick up liquid from the tub and convey the liquid to a position where it will be poured from the bucket upon articles supported on the table, means between the table and bucket carrier whereby as the latter rotates there will be imparted to the table at least a partial rotary movement about a vertical axis, and an upper casing member which coperates with the lower casing member to completely inclose the washing elements comprised in the'machine.

v 9. An apparatus of" the class described comprising in combination a frame, a tub, a table above said tub, an arm removably mounted on said frame and supporting said table in such a manner that the table can be revolved about a vertically extending axis,

' a conveyer having a bucket or buckets thereupon and movable in a path. whereby said bucket or buckets can pass below said arm and pick up water from said tub and convey said ywater to a positionl where it will be delivered or projected upon articles supported by said table, and means for impartlng rotary movement to said table during the movement of the conveyer buckets, the construction being such that the table and the Il@ l f arm can both be removed from the rest oflast mentioned means for imparting a rotary movement to said table, the construction being such that the arm cam be removed by first imparting to the 'free end of the arman upward movement and by nally imparting to the arm a lateral movement. A

1l. An appratus, of the class described comprising in combination a, frame, a tub associated with the frame, an arm carried by the frame, which arm extends inwardly past a, wall portion of the tub over the `loottom of the tub, a table supported on said integers arm, means for conyeying liquid from said tub to a position where .it will be spilled or projected upon articles on said table and 15 means associated with said last mentioned means for imparting a rotary movement to the table.

This 'specification signed and witnessed this 23d day of May, A. D. 1916. WHJLIAM F. HUNT.

Signed in the presence of- G. MCGRANN,

EDWIN A. PACKARD. 

